Gary Lineker to return to Match of the Day as BBC apologise after tweet row

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Lineker was taken off air for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany.

Match Of The Day host Gary Lineker will continue as a BBC presenter after the corporation apologised for “potential confusion caused by the grey areas” of its social media guidelines.

The 62-year-old was taken off air for a tweet comparing the language used to launch a new Government asylum seeker policy with 1930s Germany. “The potential confusion caused by the grey areas of the BBC’s social media guidance that was introduced in 2020 is recognised. I want to get matters resolved and our sport content back on air.”

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